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Jessy Lostaunau de Jimenez

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READING

A linearprocess?

Aninteractiveprocess?

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THE NATURE OF LEARNING TO

READBotton-up

process

Top-down

process

Schema theory

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THE SCHEMA THEORY AND THE READING

PROCESS

Content schemata

Formal schemata

Activating and building schemata

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THE MECHANICS OF READING

Scanning

Skimming

Search for the shape of words or phrases aswell as their meaning. (Details, specific

information).

Ignore unfamiliar words. Search only for

key ideas. (The gist).

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APPLYING SCHEMA THEORY TO L2

READING

Pre-reading activities

Prediction Previewing

Semantic

map

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Pre-reading activities: Prediction

Predict the topic before you begin to read

PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS

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Pre-reading activities: Previewing

Jenny talks about her year in a public school

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Pre-reading activities: Semantic Map

Publicschools

mis-behavior

big classes

no tuition

littlehomework

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EFL TEXTBOOKS AND READING

Vocabulary developmentMeaning, form, pronunciation, spelling, grammar, connotation,

appropriateness, relationship, collocation Extensive readingFor pleasure, fluency, confidence, and independence. Promotes

writing skills and vocabulary acquisition

Discourse knowledge

The rhetorical organization of texts Reading rateGood readers read fast

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THREE STAGES IN A READING LESSONPre-reading stage Introduces the theme of the text before students start reading.

Helps students to get an idea of what the text will be about.

Creates interest in the topic.

While reading stage Leads students to think about the meaning of the text.

Guides toward relevant information

Focuses their attention on the main idea or ideas and supportingfacts.

Allows them to follow instructions and perform a taskPost reading stage Offers a chance to evaluate students understanding of the text

Gives a chance to develop other skills.

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SOME IDEAS FOR PRE-READING

ACTIVITIES Get students to describe the illustration of the

text relating it to the title.

Ask students to sit in groups and discuss howmuch they know about the theme of the text.

Write three statements on the board andencourage students to choose the one they think

will be the topic sentence. Invite groups of students to write 5 questions on

things they would like the text to answer.

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SOME IDEAS FOR WHILE READING

ACTIVITIES Tell students to take notes of relevant

information or things they would like to know.

Tell them to write questions about the readingthey would like to ask classmates or teacher.

Ask them to underline the main idea or ideas.

Write some incomplete sentences on the board

and ask them to complete the information whilethey are reading.

Ask them to take notes of the new expressionsand/or words.

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SOME IDEAS FOR POST READING

ACTIVITIESAsk them to continue the story.

Ask them to take the role of any of the charactersin the reading.

Have them summarize the information

Have them tell the story changing the situation.

Ask them to write a report about the text.

Ask them to write the events in chronologicalorder.

Get the students to identify transition signals andhow they work.

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